[comp.unix.xenix] Reset ramblings

geertj@nlgvax.UUCP (Geert Jan de Groot) (02/04/89)

In article <132500004@cpe> tif@cpe.UUCP writes:
>
>A Reset Button:  What a concept!
>
>Was it IBM that invented this foolishness of no reset button?
>Is there really a reason?  (Is there a better place to ask?)

I changed the wiring in my clone to let the keyboard lock switch
act as reset switch. Advantages: you think twice before resetting,
can't do it by accident, and Messy-dos people, who are used to use
reset as much as enter, don't kill the system :-)

At the same time, I rewired the 'TURBO' switch to disable the speaker.
This is also nice and *very quiet* :-) Recommended!

BTW: about the /etc/rc question some time ago: SCO has a fix for that
and all is well now. Thanks for everybody who responded!

Geert Jan


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